Sal Sunseri hasn't been with that team since January. Lewis was basically handing the D-Line coaching duties through the Spring, so its not really as big of an adjustment as you might think.
But the announcement tells me that CU is hurting for money. Why? They had to pay out Sunseri's contract thru the of June. I don't think that program was able to afford hiring a new D-Line coach until July 1st. I want to highlight some information about CU's defensive line because their fans are exalting a really bizarre narrative. This is the group they have under scholarship:
SHANE COKES 6’3, 280 DT - 2023 transfer from Dartmouth - Started 9 games for CU last season had 0 sacks and 0 tackles for loss. He was really quite terrible.
RAYYAN BUELL 6’3, 275 DT- transfer from Ohio U. 13 career starts - 12 tackles for loss - All MAC 3rd team
AMARI MCNEILL 6’4, 290 DT- Transfer from Tennessee in 2023 - had 3 tackles in 2 seasons at Tennessee - 4 starts at CU last season had good games vs. Colorado State, Arizona State, and Oregon State - 0 tackles vs. Nebraska
ANQUIN BARNES 6’5, 315 DT - Transfer from Bama - Spent 3 seasons with the Tide and played in ZERO Games
CHIDOZIE NWANKWO 5’11, 290 DT - 33 career starts at Houston (9 of them in the Big 12, 24 in AAC). - 94 total tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 4 sacks in career
TAUREAN CARTER 6’3, 305 - transfer from Arkansas - 5 career starts in 3 seasons - 60 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks
TAWFIQ THOMAS 6’4, 300 DT - transfer from Louisville - 0 starts in 2 seasons - 12 total tackles, 0 tackles for loss 0 sacks
QUENCY WIGGINS 6’5, 275 DT - transfer from LSU - 0 starts in 2 seasons, only played in 9 total games. - 7 tackles, 1 TFL.
8 Defensive Linemen at CU.
- 63 career starts
- 27 career starts at the Power 5 level
Nebraska's defensive line:
Ty Robinson - 33 Power 5 Starts
Nash Hutmacher - 15 Power 5 Starts
Jimari Butler - 6 Power 5 Starts
Cameron Lenhardt - 4 Power 5 Starts
4 Nebraska defensive linemen have more total starts and power 5 starts than 8 defensive linemen at Colorado.